{"id":16617,"date":"2021-07-17T16:48:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T16:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16617"},"modified":"2021-07-17T16:48:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T16:48:07","slug":"just-when-we-needed-you-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16617","title":{"rendered":"just when we needed you most&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apaul-pxm-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apaul-pxm-copy.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apaul-pxm-copy-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apaul-pxm-copy-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE GREEN IMPLOSiON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For<strong>mer leader Elizabeth May has inexplicably remained silent!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><em>Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;It remains unclear if there is any (non-criminal) organization in the world \u2014 let alone a political party, where people are expected to be conniving \u2014 that has treated its leader worse than the Green Party of Canada is treating Annamie Paul.Paul,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsend.thestar.ca%2Ft%3Fr%3D37%26c%3D62738%26l%3D184%26ctl%3D92C5F%3A5CB52D408FFDC8EB8973CFCBCE340DEB67ADE39EE60F83FA%26utm_email%3DC9B9B2800A5810B75AB777203036F2FE%26utm_campaign%3Dpol_62738&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca5f24e43973f4b09328c08d94894556d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637620624198317150%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=TcwOoKwODer%2FXR9FamjTYqci%2B%2BIf5XQqcJOy5vgh4vw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who may or may not still even be a&nbsp;member&nbsp;of her party<\/a>, has been subject to the most toxic internecine backbiting that seasoned political observers have ever seen in this country. (I say this as one who covered the Ontario Progressive Conservatives\u2019 regicidal crusade against leader Patrick Brown in the months before the 2018 election.)It was this past spring that the Star\u2019s Alex Ballingall first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsend.thestar.ca%2Ft%3Fr%3D37%26c%3D62738%26l%3D184%26ctl%3D92C60%3A5CB52D408FFDC8EB8973CFCBCE340DEB67ADE39EE60F83FA%26utm_email%3DC9B9B2800A5810B75AB777203036F2FE%26utm_campaign%3Dpol_62738&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca5f24e43973f4b09328c08d94894556d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637620624198317150%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=7baLleZ3mj4CUEacBTN82ADoq8Sv1s%2BmFU2pCJ5WPOA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">broke the story of the Greens\u2019 undermining of their leader<\/a>, the first Black person and the first Jewish woman to head a major political party in Canada.The slow-motion defenestration continued this week when Ballingall reported&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsend.thestar.ca%2Ft%3Fr%3D37%26c%3D62738%26l%3D184%26ctl%3D92C61%3A5CB52D408FFDC8EB8973CFCBCE340DEB67ADE39EE60F83FA%26utm_email%3DC9B9B2800A5810B75AB777203036F2FE%26utm_campaign%3Dpol_62738&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca5f24e43973f4b09328c08d94894556d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637620624198327142%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=n4FnFR5SkovBda3S1MiBYo5q0tn99%2FLsbXtS%2FdehEuw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the party is considering reviewing Paul\u2019s membership status<\/a>&nbsp;(not just her leadership status).As Susan Delacourt, who covered the Liberals\u2019 debilitating Chr\u00e9tien-Martin war in the late 1990s and early 2000s better than any other journalist,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsend.thestar.ca%2Ft%3Fr%3D37%26c%3D62738%26l%3D184%26ctl%3D92C62%3A5CB52D408FFDC8EB8973CFCBCE340DEB67ADE39EE60F83FA%26utm_email%3DC9B9B2800A5810B75AB777203036F2FE%26utm_campaign%3Dpol_62738&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca5f24e43973f4b09328c08d94894556d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637620624198337136%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=h6yUiWM799XZmkRI7FT6pnfYhR%2Fyi28BmSKNUNV%2Beo0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote this week<\/a>, the \u201cGreen Party of Canada is in all-new territory here.\u201d\u201cThe assault on Annamie Paul\u2019s leadership is now taking place&nbsp;[on]<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>three fronts: confidence, cash and, unbelievably, membership in the party itself,\u201d noted Delacourt.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-green-target.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-green-target.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-green-target-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-green-target-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-target.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-target.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-target-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-target-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GREEN IMPLOSiON Former leader Elizabeth May has inexplicably remained silent! Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press &nbsp;It remains unclear if there is any (non-criminal) organization in the world \u2014 let alone a political party, where people are expected to be conniving \u2014 that has treated its leader worse than the Green Party of Canada is treating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16617\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;just when we needed you most&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16617"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16625,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617\/revisions\/16625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}